The Man Trap
Charlie X
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Naked Time
The Enemy Within
Mudd's Women
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Miri
Dagger of the Mind
The Corbomite Maneuver
The Menagerie, Part I
The Menagerie, Part II
The Conscience of the King
Balance of Terror
Shore Leave
The Galileo Seven
The Squire of Gothos
Arena
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Court Martial
The Return of the Archons
Space Seed
A Taste of Armageddon
This Side of Paradise
The Devil In the Dark
Errand of Mercy
The Alternative Factor
The City On the Edge of Forever
Operation—Annihilate!
The Man Trap
While visiting M-113 to check up on Dr. Robert Crater and his wife, members of the Enterprise crew begin to die mysteriously and the hunt begins for the suspected killer.
Season 1 Episode 1
Original Airdate: September 8, 1966
Written by George Clayton Johnson
Directed by Marc Daniels
Stardate 1513.1 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Ready Room 115: A Salty Mystery
Charlie X
The Enterprise rendezvous with the cargo ship Antares to take on a seventeen-year-old human boy who has lived alone on a deserted planet for 14 years.
Season 1 Episode 2
Original Airdate: September 15, 1966
Written by D.C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
Stardate 1533.6 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
Where No Man Has Gone Before
A magnetic storm at the galactic barrier threatens the Enterprise and endows two crew members with incredible powers to manipulate energy and matter.
Season 1 Episode 3
Original Airdate: September 22, 1966
Written by Samuel A. Peeples
Directed by James Goldstone
Stardate 1312.4 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Naked Time
Arriving at planet Psi 2000 to evacuate a research party, the Enterprise crew finds everyone dead and must race against time before they suffer the same fate.
Season 1 Episode 4
Original Airdate: September 29, 1966
Written by John D. F. Black
Directed by Marc Daniels
Stardate 1704.2 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Enemy Within
When a transporter malfunction splits Kirk into two copies, Scotty leads a race to remerge the two Kirks and rescue the stranded crew.
Season 1 Episode 5
Original Airdate: October 6, 1966
Written by Richard Matheson
Directed by Leo Penn
Stardate 1672.1 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
Mudd's Women
When the Enterprise beams aboard four people from a stolen cargo ship, Kirk finds wanted criminal Harry Mudd and three mysteriously beautiful women.
Season 1 Episode 6
Original Airdate: October 13, 1966
Written by Stephen Kandel & Gene Roddenberry
Directed by Harvey Hart
Stardate 1329.8 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
On a search for exobiologist Roger Korby, Kirk and Spock uncover equipment for creating androids indistinguishable from their flesh-and-blood counterparts.
Season 1 Episode 7
Original Airdate: October 20, 1966
Written by Robert Bloch
Directed by James Goldstone
Stardate 2712.4 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
Miri
On an exact duplicate of Earth, the Enterprise crew finds a society composed of only children who are trying to survive a mysterious disease that kills all adults.
Season 1 Episode 8
Original Airdate: October 27, 1966
Written by Adrian Spies
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Stardate 2713.5 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
Dagger of the Mind
McCoy suspects foul play at the Tantalus Penal Colony when a trusted psychiatrist showing signs of insanity escapes the facility.
Season 1 Episode 9
Original Airdate: November 3, 1966
Written by S. Bar-David
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Stardate 2715.1 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Corbomite Maneuver
Locked in a face off with a ship from the unknown First Federation, Kirk must use his powers of gamesmanship to prevent the destruction of the Enterprise.
Season 1 Episode 10
Original Airdate: November 10, 1966
Written by Jerry Sohl
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Stardate 1512.2 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Menagerie, Part I
Responding to a call from the Enterprise’s previous captain, Christopher Pike, Kirk must come to terms with an unimaginable deception by Spock.
Season 1 Episode 11
Original Airdate: November 17, 1966
Written by Gene Roddenberry
Directed by Marc Daniels
Stardate 3012.4 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Menagerie, Part II
While en route to Talos IV, a court martial of Spock plays out as Kirk and Commodore Mendez are presented with a record of Pike’s mission to Talos IV.
Season 1 Episode 12
Original Airdate: November 24, 1966
Written by Gene Roddenberry
Directed by Marc Daniels
Stardate 3012.4 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Conscience of the King
A visit by a traveling theatre troupe leads Kirk to suspect that the leader of the troupe is a man known on Tarsus IV as Kodos the Executioner.
Season 1 Episode 13
Original Airdate: December 8, 1966
Written by Barry Trivers
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Stardate 2817.6 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
Balance of Terror
In the first contact with the Romulans since the Earth-Romulan war, Kirk must match wits with a Romulan commander in a cat-and-mouse game in the Neutral Zone.
Season 1 Episode 14
Original Airdate: December 15, 1966
Written by Paul Schneider
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Stardate 1709.1 (2266)
Podcasts and Discussion
Shore Leave
When the Enterprise stops over on an idyllic planet in Omicron Delta for a bit of rest and relaxation, fantasies become reality.
Season 1 Episode 15
Original Airdate: December 29, 1966
Written by Theodore Sturgeon
Directed by Robert Sparr
Stardate 3025.3 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Galileo Seven
When a routine mission turns disastrous, the Galileo shuttle is forced to make an emergency landing and Spock must take command.
Season 1 Episode 16
Original Airdate: January 5, 1967
Written by Oliver Crawford & S. Bar-David
Directed by Robert Gist
Stardate 2821.5 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Squire of Gothos
On an inhospitable planet the Enterprise encounters a powerful being who engages in a series of games that threaten the lives of Kirk and his crew.
Season 1 Episode 17
Original Airdate: January 12, 1967
Written by Paul Schneider
Directed by Don McDougall
Stardate 2124.5 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
Arena
Arriving at Cestus III at the invitation of the outpost’s commander, the Enterprise finds the colony destroyed and Kirk must battle the Gorn in a fight for his life.
Season 1 Episode 18
Original Airdate: January 19, 1967
Written by Gene L. Coon & Fredric Brown
Directed by Fredric Pevney
Stardate 3045.6 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Thrown back in time to the year 1969, Kirk must take drastic measures to avoid contaminating the timeline.
Season 1 Episode 19
Original Airdate: January 26, 1967
Written by D.C. Fontana
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
Stardate 3113.2 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
Court Martial
During a review of records during the Enterprise’s post-ion-storm refit, information is discovered that leads Commodore Stone to put Kirk on trial for murder.
Season 1 Episode 20
Original Airdate: February 2, 1967
Written by Don M. Mankiewicz & Steven W. Carabatsos
Directed by Marc Daniels
Stardate 2947.3 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Return of the Archons
While investigating a missing ship, the Enterprise crew find a bizarre culture that blindly follows an unseen leader they call “Landru."
Season 1 Episode 21
Original Airdate: February 9, 1967
Written by Boris Sobelman & Gene Roddenberry
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Stardate 3156.2 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
Space Seed
The Enterprise encounters an ancient Terran sleeper ship, the SS Botany Bay, carrying a group of genetically augmented humans from the year 1996.
Season 1 Episode 22
Original Airdate: February 9, 1967
Written by Gene L. Coon & Carey Wilber
Directed by Marc Daniels
Stardate 3141.9 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
A Taste of Armageddon
The Enterprise is warned to steer clear of Eminiar VII, but ignores the warning and gets caught in a centuries-old war between neighboring planets.
Season 1 Episode 23
Original Airdate: February 23, 1967
Written by Gene L. Coon & Robert Hamner
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Stardate 3192.1 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
This Side of Paradise
While checking on a Federation colony the combination of a past love and the planet’s secret leads Spock down an unexpected path.
Season 1 Episode 24
Original Airdate: February 23, 1967
Written by Nathan Butler & D.C. Fontana
Directed by Ralph Senensky
Stardate 3417.3 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Devil In the Dark
An unknown creature is terrorizing miners on Janus VI and Kirk and Spock must unravel the mystery of the mines before more men are killed.
Season 1 Episode 25
Original Airdate: March 9, 1967
Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Stardate 3196.1 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
Errand of Mercy
Klingons and the Federation square off on the planet Organia as territorial negotiations between the two break down.
Season 1 Episode 26
Original Airdate: March 23, 1967
Written by Gene L. Coon
Directed by John Newland
Stardate 3198.4 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The Alternative Factor
Ripples in space-time lead to the sudden appearance of a man named Lazarus whose presence threatens to destroy the universe.
Season 1 Episode 27
Original Airdate: March 30, 1967
Written by Don Ingalis
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Stardate 3087.6 (2267)
Podcasts and Discussion
The City On the Edge of Forever
When a delirious Dr. McCoy jumps through a portal to the past, Kirk and Spock must find him on 1930s Earth to prevent the erasure of the Federation from history.
Season 1 Episode 28
Original Airdate: April 6, 1967
Written by Harlan Ellison
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Stardate Unknown (2267)
Operation: Annihilate!
Mass insanity is spreading through the galaxy and Kirk must find the cause or be forced to take action that would mean the death of millions.
Season 1 Episode 29
Original Airdate: April 13, 1967
Written by Steven W. Carabatsos
Directed by Herschel Daugherty
Stardate 3287.2 (2267)